Govt ‘has videos of atrocities committed by military’
I wasn’t caught with military uniform, cash, Wike’s aide insists
I wasn’t caught with military uniform, cash, Wike’s aide insists
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has
declared that no official of the Independent national Electoral
Commission (INEC) has powers to cancel results already declared by the
returning officers in the respective constituencies.
The governor was speaking against the
backdrop of the insistence by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner
(REC), Aniedi Ikoiwak, that the commission had not released any results
other than the nine state constituency and one federal constituency
results announced on Sunday.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in
the state has also called on INEC to cancel results of the re-run
elections on grounds of irregularities in the conduct of the polls.
Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt
yesterday, Wike insisted that no INEC official was empowered to cancel a
result already declared by a returning officer and said those calling
for the cancellation of the results should do so according to the
provisions of the law.
He also disclosed that the state
government has compiled videos of the atrocities allegedly committed by
the military across the state during the rerun elections, saying that
the videos would be released to the public “at the appropriate time”.
He said, “The military-orchestrated
violence in the state could be part of a plot by the APC to declare a
state of emergency on the state on the premise of heightened
propaganda.”
Source: ThisDay
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